Brunswick · Urban Centre

Language in Brunswick

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Most people in Brunswick (L) speak only English, placing the area around the middle of similar locations for its language profile. While the number of people using another language at home rose to 4% since 2011, this remains far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Brunswick, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is used by 87.5% of the population, and it is very rare to find residents who speak little or no English. Those who do use a language other than English at home are most likely to speak Italian, at 2.7%.

4.0% ▲ +80.4%

Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 7.1%
  • 2021: 4.0%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.

Language used at home

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In Brunswick, English only is the majority at 97%; Italian is next at 3%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Brunswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521010/brunswick/topic/language